My mother-in-law loves Christmas.  She loves all the family traditions — the family foremost of all! She has four children and twelve grandchildren and she is one of four children herself!  She is always the first person awake on Christmas morning and she shared a special ritual with my husband, her youngest child.  With sparkling eyes she would give him a playful shake and chant, “Christmas is coming!  Christmas is coming!”  To this day, she calls sometime in December and sings out those same words.

I feel the same way about a new group of students!  I could very easily develop my own little song and dance: “Students are coming!  Students are coming!”  I have so many great tools to apply to our studies this year that will make our class time new and innovative for all of us!  I am probably most excited about Aurasma for the beginning of school.  It will be like magic as far as my students are concerned!!  But beyond the apps, I know that what I’ve learned about Data will impact my practice and my lessons will be so much tighter thanks to the new evaluation tool I’ve learned to use.

Hey!  Students are coming!  Students are coming!  I’m apped, schooled, and ready to apply!

Thanks knittingparadise.com for the dancing teacher!